Thanks! I'm going to ask at our next class (this Wednesday)...of course, it will be a very busy class since the two classes previously were canceled and Wednesday's class will be going over the Rite of Acceptance for that following Sunday. I'm getting a little nervous, :).

Dear friend,brothers and sisters in Christ,may His peace and love be with You all,go to Confession with open heart,mind and mouth. You can tell the priest everything,and not only can,but should. Confession is a Sacrament given to us so that we can save our soul from evilness. The priest will not be angry,sarcastic or say anything You don't want to hear. So go there in the peace given to us by God.

_________________I want to be honest to God,the world and my self.Blessings,Totterman

My prob. is my mind goes blank :) right when I'm ready to list them all off to Father Or right after I remember something and the urge to run back in and say "oh and...." I'm still laughing at the look Fr. Roy gave me when I said a swear word...he didn't even blink...he just looked at me like..is that the worst....I almost started laughing but then I remembered it's not a laughing matter (confessing) My mom said to me, "you have to imagine what they hear over the years" I guess swear words are pretty common

_________________~J

~When life knocks you down on your knees, remember you are in the prefect position to pray.~

Same with me. I take a little list in with me. I can never remember everything when I go in without one. I go through the "Examination of Conscience" booklet that I have and as I go through it, I write down my sins. I also bring in the Act of Contrition. I have a mental block for the prayer and can never remember it.

In my RCIA class we're given a lengthy list of things to accomplish before we're confirmed. There are no dates on any of them, some of them can be done right away (reciting the Hail Mary, Our Father, etc) but some of them obviously take a bit longer to get to (taking receiving communion). I'm curious if I am allowed to do my first confession now since we don't have a date given....and to let you know, we're heading into the second part of our RCIA class.

Same with me. I take a little list in with me. I can never remember everything when I go in without one. I go through the "Examination of Conscience" booklet that I have and as I go through it, I write down my sins. I also bring in the Act of Contrition. I have a mental block for the prayer and can never remember it.

Lisa

Me too on the examination and Act of Contrition -- in some parishes the Act is posted, but not in others.

_________________Where’er the Catholic sun doth shine,There’s music and laughter and good red wine.At least I’ve always found it so.Benedicamus Domino!~Hilaire Belloc

I'm glad you mentioned this. I seem to cry at every confession. I'm not bawling or anything, just confessing my sins through tears and a cry-like voice. It is a new thing for me.. not confession, but crying. I was wondering what was going on with me.

Isaac often says that tears of compunction should accompany prayer. Tears during prayer are, according to him, a sign that a person’s repentance has been accepted by God.[12] When the gift of tears is granted to a person during prayer, the delight of these tears should not be counted as idleness.

Works for me.

_________________Your God in his divine wisdom has from all eternity beheld the cross he bestows upon you - his precious gift. He weighed it to determine if it be one ounce too heavy for you. With his grace he anointed it and with his consolation he perfumed it. And then once more he considered you and your courage. Finally it came from heaven as a special message from God to you; an alms of the all-merciful love of God for you.St Francis de Sales

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Same with me. I take a little list in with me. I can never remember everything when I go in without one. I go through the "Examination of Conscience" booklet that I have and as I go through it, I write down my sins. I also bring in the Act of Contrition. I have a mental block for the prayer and can never remember it.

Lisa

Me too on the examination and Act of Contrition -- in some parishes the Act is posted, but not in others.

Me too.

Q: If you don't remember the act of contrition and look confused for a second, giving the Priest a chance to say "don't worry about it".... is the confession still valid? This happened to me a while ago. He gave me absolutation and penace, but I didn't say any prayer of contrition.

_________________"We never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour his Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son."-Saint Louis Marie de Montfort

Same with me. I take a little list in with me. I can never remember everything when I go in without one. I go through the "Examination of Conscience" booklet that I have and as I go through it, I write down my sins. I also bring in the Act of Contrition. I have a mental block for the prayer and can never remember it.

Lisa

Me too on the examination and Act of Contrition -- in some parishes the Act is posted, but not in others.

Me too.

Q: If you don't remember the act of contrition and look confused for a second, giving the Priest a chance to say "don't worry about it".... is the confession still valid? This happened to me a while ago. He gave me absolutation and penace, but I didn't say any prayer of contrition.

Yes, it is still valid.

_________________Whence are we to find words enough fully to tell the happiness of that marriage which the Church cements, and the Eucharistic oblation confirms, and the benediction signs and seals; which angels carry back the news of to heaven, which the Father holds as ratified? -Tertullian

This is the first time that I have actually gotten around to reading the "process" of confession..how intimidating! :)

Question: you don't have first confession until you are ready to be brought into the Church at Easter right?

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"You flourish in wealth, and boast of the society of the great and powerful; you rejoice in the beauty of the body and the honours which men pay to you. Consider yourself, that you are mortal, that you are earth, and into the earth you shall go"

That is odd. In the almost 13 years since my first confession, I have never once had a priest interrupt me before I was finished.

It has happened to me on occasion. The most unsettling question has been, "And why did (or did not) you do such and such?" Which causes me to have to state that I knew better, but I did it (or didn't do it) anyway. A stark understanding of my culpability.

_________________Where’er the Catholic sun doth shine,There’s music and laughter and good red wine.At least I’ve always found it so.Benedicamus Domino!~Hilaire Belloc

This is the first time that I have actually gotten around to reading the "process" of confession..how intimidating!

Question: you don't have first confession until you are ready to be brought into the Church at Easter right?

As I recall, one makes one's first confession immediately prior (a day or so) to confirmation and receiving communion. It varies. You will be taken care of.

BTW, it is not as intimidating as you feel it is. As we all felt. Now, I look back with some amusement about my concern over making my first confession. Each has been easier. Well, the process has been easier. However, each examination of conscience and act of contrition has been more difficult and each penance more heartfelt.

_________________Where’er the Catholic sun doth shine,There’s music and laughter and good red wine.At least I’ve always found it so.Benedicamus Domino!~Hilaire Belloc

As I recall, one makes one's first confession immediately prior (a day or so) to confirmation and receiving communion. It varies. You will be taken care of.

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Glad to know you get a lot of prep time.

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"You flourish in wealth, and boast of the society of the great and powerful; you rejoice in the beauty of the body and the honours which men pay to you. Consider yourself, that you are mortal, that you are earth, and into the earth you shall go"

If you find it intimidating, remember that there is always the option of anonymous confession. It is something I have just discovered (in that I only started use, I knew it was available) and I find it much easier and I am less likely to put it off. For the time being, I will only confess anonymously.

_________________"We never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour his Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son."-Saint Louis Marie de Montfort